Dhaka, March 24 -- Dollar feeding by the central bank to stabilise the market of foreign currencies continues even as forex holding of the commercial banks marks a significant increase in recent times.

The nation's falling foreign-exchange reserves bear further pressure for such continuous injecting of the US currency by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) into the banks that remains a matter of concern to some bankers and economists.

Shortly after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, Bangladesh came under immense pressure as far as its forex reserves are concerned from early last fiscal year (FY'23) because of quick fall in forex holding with the commercial banks in the wake of significant rise in import costs globally and less-than-expected levels ...